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PAGE 2 TH E CHEMAWA AMERICAN The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD H ALL, Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail M atter SU B SC R IPT IO N - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M O. A. C. F R E SH M E N NOSE OUT IN 6-0 CONTEST O. A. C. F resh m en 6, C hem aw a 0, was th e score of last S a tu rd a y ’s gam e at Corvallis. T h e gam e was h ard -fo u g h t by both sides. T h e superior w eight of the collegians, coupled w ith inefficient officiating, d e cided the contest. Both team s seem ed to lack th e p u nch to p u t across th e necessary yard ag e w hen w ith in strik in g distance of th e o p p o n en ts’ goal. T w ice o u r boys cam e w ithin the 10-yard m ark, but lost the ball on dow ns. T h e college boys won by stra ig h t football, m ix in g their plays w ith off-tackle plays and w ide end ru n s. It was nobody s gam e u n til th e last th ree m inutes of play when q u arterb ack Schroeder called for an end ru n , he carried th e ball fo rty -eig h t yards for the lone touchdow n. he soggy condition of the field m ade it im possible for Chem aw a to use an y trick plays and forced o u r boys to play th e lin e-b u ck in g gam e w ith a few end runs. T h e co n test was so even th a t both sides m ade y a rd age eig h t tim es d u rin g th e en tire gam e. Choate, Johnson and N uckolls w orked co n sisten tly , p lu n g in g th e line. H au ser, who backed up the line on defense, stopped ev e ry th in g th a t came his w ay, w hile T hom as played his u su al scrappy gam e. Downie g o t away w ith a 45-yard ru n , re tu rn in g a p u n t from his own 5- y ard line to midfield. C hoate also got aw ay w ith a 30-yard ru n around end. Chem aw a was th ere w ith the do-or-die sp irit. A GREAT W EEK On S u n d ay , D ecember 1st, a personal m essage from H erb ert H oover will be read from all p u lp its in churches of all denom inations. W ednesday, D ecem ber 4th, will be “ W om en’s O rganization D a y ” an d a special H oover message will be th e central featu re of a p atrio tic program in all th e w om en’s clu b s of the co u n try , th e m eetings being open to all women w h eth er club m em bers or not. On F rid ay , D ecem ber 6 th , special p atrio tic exercises will be held in all the public schools of th e U nited States, and a special mes- sage from M r. H oover to the boys and girls of A m er ica will be th e central feature of the program . T h ro u g h o u t th e e n tire week m eetings and rallies will be held, and efforts of war w orkers will be centered upon th e task of w aking the public to an alert realiza tion of the after-w ar need for g reater conservation th an ever. GIVE T H A N K S —EAT HOME PRODUCTS “ Serve a T h a n k sg iv in g din n er m ade u p en tirely of food produced in y o u r own s ta le .” T h is is the m es sage sent out over th e co u n try from th e U nited S tates food ad m in istratio n . N ot only is the individual h ouseholder being asked to com ply w ith th is req u est, but state hotel chairm en are being requested to use th e ir good influence in having hotels and all public eatin g places com ply likew ise. T he food a d m in istra tion asks th a t this be done “ as a d istin ct m easure of food conservation and to dem onstrate to th e people how food m ay be saved by using local supplies. E v e ry th in g served at th e d in n er, in order to carry out the purpose of this request, should be a hom e p ro d u c t.” N onpareil 1 he N onpareil L ite ra ry Society held th eir reg u la r m eeting N ov. 15, 1918, in Room 7. T he house w as called to order by th e P resident. Roll call and m in utes of th e Society w ere read. A fter th e discussion of old and new business the follow ing program w as rendered: S ° ng - * M em bers E ssay . . . . M ay F ilesteel D eclam ation - - C atherine W ilder D uet * M ary M otanic and D orcas M inthorn A M yth - . . Josephine W oods Songs an d yells - - . Society One S tanza of T h e S tar Spangled B anner T he P aper - . . Effie Davis Miss R oberts said a few com plim entary and en c o u r ag in g w ords. Miss W ooten did likew ise. T h e house then ad jo u rn e d .— Sadie K now les, R eporter. SE N IO R ITEMS T he senior class initiated Alicia K im ball, G eorge Lekanoff and M uriel Bush into th e ir class last F rid a y . hey received a h earty wrelcome. T h e class of 1919 are glad to be dow n in th e ir little room , for now they know’ it is all th eir ow n. W ade M inthorne favored the class w ith a solo e n ti tled, “ Belgian R o se .” Subscribe for T h e Chemaw’a A m erican—25 cents a year.
